INSTRUCTION

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France

France and Algeria.

Description of Schools

1876-77

1904-05

1910-11

Pupils

Pupils

Schools

Teachers

Enrolled Pupils

Infant Schools :

80,670

339,434

15,053

96,914

512,145

9,447

74,397

74,698

2,691

10

1,156

no

6,859

16

1,537

203

513,303

1,765

90,444

15,410

Total . ...

532,077

670,687

3,967

8,615

620,922

Primary and Higher schools :

Public '^°y*^' ^"^ ^^^^^^

Pnvate|(..j.j^ .

2,197,652

1,625,696

203,230

690,357

2,442,598

2,070,016

360,001

694,815

45,028

23,684

3,413

9,763

57,896 1

62,358 2

8,316 1

28,411 2

. 2,482,957 3

2,121,638 4

359,364 3

690,835 4

Total .

4,716,935

5,568,030

82,488

156,981

5,654,794

._ /Public . '^'^y\Private .

Cleric F^^^'^ • • •

2,337,193 311,369

1,628,289 440,084

4,446,693

710,145

66,521

344,671

68,193

12,676

119

500

120,041

34,885

213

1,842

4,592,634

986,868

11,961

63,331

1 Masterrf.

- Mistresses.

Boys.

4 Girls.

The number of ])ii[)ils enrolled in the .schools, public or private, is greater than the number attending them, since children changing their schools in the course of the year are enrolled several times.

Since 1903-04 the number of pupils in public schools increased, and that of the pupils in private clerical schools decreased as much, the cause being, of course, the closing of cougregationist schools. From 1901-02 to 1906-07 3,107 public clerical primary schools and 13,327 private clerical schools were closed by order of the Government, while 3,840 public lay and 9,015 private lay schools were opened to take the place of the schools closed. Many of the clerical schools have been transformed into lay schools, retaining their confessional character. From 1907-08 to 1908-09 there was an increase of 25,876 pupils in the la}^ public schools, and a diminution of 7,810 in the clerical public schools.

In the infant schook the number of pupils was 753,708 in 1901-02 ; and 690,922 in 1910-11 owing to the closing of many clerical private infant schools.

The pupils of superior public primary schools and of supplementary courses (which are comprised in the total of pupils of primary instruction) were (public and private schools) in 1901-02 68,611 (40,644 boys and 27,967 girls), and in 1910-11 102,063 (51,659 boys and 50,404 girls).

Courses of instruction for adults are conducted in the evening by teachers in their schools, and the number of adult pupils was estimated in 1910-11 at 51,925, and for 1911-12, 52,797. Besides, there are many popular lectures.

Besides the courses for adults in the primary schools, there are many courses provided by private associations, subventioned or not by the communes.

Pupils on leaving primary schools can obtain a certificate ; in 1911

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